Public water system record

Gans Utility Authority

Serves an area of Sequoyah County, OK that includes Gans · 600 people served

Federal records show 5 health-based violations and 18 monitoring/reporting issues for Gans Utility Authority in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • OK3006802
  • GANS
  • OK
  • 600 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 74936
EPA system ID OK3006802

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
5
Resolved
5
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
18

Key facts

  • Gans Utility Authority buys its water from Sequoyah Co. RWD #3.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Oklahoma, September 2018.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 0 unknown out of 273 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
220 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Mar 1, 2024 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Jun 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
May 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Gans Utility Authority go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 15 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 8
2000s 1 6
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 4 1
2020s 1 17

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began December 2007, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Dec 1, 2007 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oklahoma regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Gans Utility Authority in 2018. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in September 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 14, 2018 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Apr 23, 2018 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

4 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Gans Utility Authority buys its water from Sequoyah Co. RWD #3. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Gans Utility Authority must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

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